Vice President of Liberia

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The vice president of the Republic of Liberia is the second-highest executive official in Liberia, and one of only two elected executive offices along with the president. The vice president is elected on the same ticket with the president to a six-year term. In the event of the death, resignation or removal of the president, the vice president ascends to the presidency, and holds the position for the remainder of their predecessor's term. The vice president also serves as the president of the Senate and may cast a vote in the event of a tie. The current vice president is Jeremiah Koung, serving under president Joseph Boakai. He began his term on January 22, 2024.

Qualifications

Article 52 of the Constitution lays out the qualifications for candidates for vice president. To be eligible for office under the current Constitution, a vice presidential candidate must:

  • be a natural born citizen of Liberia;
  • be at least thirty-five years old;
  • own real property valued at least $25,000;
  • have resided in Liberia for at least ten years.

Additionally, the vice president may not reside in the same county as the president.

Succession

Under Article 63(b), the vice president ascends to the presidency in the event of president's death, resignation, impeachment, or when the president is declared incapable of carrying out the duties of the office. In the event of ascension, the vice president serves as president for the remainder of their predecessor's term, though this period is not considered a term for the purposes of term limits to the presidency. According to Article 63(a), should the president-elect die or become otherwise incapacitated before his or her inauguration, the vice president-elect is sworn in as president in their place, though a term of this nature does constitute a term for the purposes of determining term limits.

To date, five vice presidents have ascended to the presidency, either due to the president's death, resignation, or removal from office: James Skivring Smith, Alfred Francis Russell, William D. Coleman, William Tolbert, and Moses Blah.

There have been twelve vacancies in the office, the first of which occurred between October 26, 1871 and January 1, 1872; after the ascension of James Skivring Smith to the office of president. The most recent vacancy was between August 11, 2003 and January 16, 2006; after the ascension of Moses Blah to the office of president and prior to the election of Joseph Boakai.

List of officeholders

Political parties

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  Republican Party

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  True Whig Party

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  National Democratic Party

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  National Patriotic Party

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  Unity Party
Other affiliations

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  Independent
Symbols

<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>† Died in office

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Term of office Political party Elected President Notes
Took office Left office Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 1 File:No image.png Nathaniel Brander
(1796–1870)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Independent 1847 rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color;" | Roberts
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 2 File:No image.png Anthony D. Williams
(1799–1860)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Independent 1849
1851
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 3 File:Stephen Allen Benson (cropped).jpg Stephen Allen Benson
(1816–1865)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Republican Party 1853
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 4 File:Beverly Page Yates.jpg Beverly Page Yates
(1811–1883)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Independent 1855 rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color;" | Benson
1857
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 5 File:Daniel Warner2.jpg Daniel Bashiel Warner
(1815–1880)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Republican Party 1859
1861
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 6 File:James M Priest.jpg James M. Priest
(1819–1883)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Republican Party 1863 rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | Warner
1865
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 7 File:No image.png Joseph Gibson
(1823–1886)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Republican Party 1867 style="background:Template:Party color;" | Payne
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 8 File:SkivringSmith.jpg James Skivring Smith
(1825–1884)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts
(Ascended)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Ayd True Whig Party 1869 style="background:Template:Party color;" | Roye [note 1]
Vacancy by ascension Template:Dts Template:Dts style="background:Template:Party color;" | Smith
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 9 File:Anthony W. Gardiner.jpg Anthony W. Gardiner
(1820–1885)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Republican Party 1871 rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | Roberts
1873
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 10 File:No image.png Charles Harmon
(1832–1886)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Republican Party 1875 style="background:Template:Party color;" | Payne [note 2]
rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 11 File:Alfred Russell2.jpg Alfred Francis Russell
(1817–1884)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts
(Ascended)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Ayd True Whig Party 1877 rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color;" | Gardiner [note 3]
1879
1881
Vacancy by ascension Template:Dts Template:Dts style="background:Template:Party color;" | Russell
rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 12 File:No image.png James Thompson
(?–?)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd True Whig Party 1883 rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color;" | Johnson
1885
1887
1889
rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 13 File:William Coleman2.jpg William D. Coleman
(1842–1908)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts
(Ascended)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Ayd True Whig Party 1891 rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color;" | Cheeseman [note 4]
1893
1895
Vacancy by ascension Template:Dts Template:Dts rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color;" | Coleman
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 14 File:JJ Ross.png Joseph J. Ross
(1842–1899)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] Template:Ayd True Whig Party 1897 [note 5]
1899
Vacancy by death Template:Dts Template:Dts
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | Gibson
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 15 File:Joseph Summerville.png Joseph D. Summerville
(1860–1905)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] Template:Ayd True Whig Party 1901 [note 6]
1903 rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color;" | A. Barclay
Vacancy by death Template:Dts Template:Dts
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 16 File:J. J. Dossen.jpg James Jenkins Dossen
(1866–1924)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Age in years years True Whig Party 1905
1907
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 17 File:No image.png Samuel George Harmon
(1861–1925)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd True Whig Party 1911 rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | Howard
1915
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 18 File:No image.png Samuel Alfred Ross
(1870–1929)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd True Whig Party 1919 rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color;" | King
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 19 File:Henry Toö Wesley (cropped).jpg Henry Too Wesley
(1877–1944)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd True Whig Party 1923
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 20 File:No image.png Allen Yancy
(1881–1941)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts
(Resigned)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Ayd True Whig Party 1927 [note 7]
Vacancy by resignation Template:Dts 1930 rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color;" | E. Barclay
rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 21 File:No image.png James Skivring Smith Jr.
(1891–1950)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1930 Template:Dts Template:Age in years years True Whig Party
1931
1939
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 22 File:Clarence Lorenzo Simpson Sr. (cropped 3x4).jpg Clarence Lorenzo Simpson
(1896–1969)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd True Whig Party 1943 rowspan="6" style="background:Template:Party color;" | Tubman
rowspan="5" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 23 File:William R. Tolbert, Jr..JPG William Tolbert
(1913–1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts
(Ascended)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Ayd True Whig Party 1951
1955
1959
1963
1967
Vacancy by ascension Template:Dts April 1972 1971 rowspan="5" style="background:Template:Party color;" | Tolbert [note 8]
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 24 File:No image.png James Edward Greene
(1914–1977)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		April 1972 Template:Dts<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] Template:Ayd True Whig Party
1975
Vacancy by death Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 25 File:No image.png Bennie Dee Warner
(1935–2024)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts
(Deposed)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Ayd True Whig Party [note 9]
Vacancy due to People's Redemption Council Template:Dts Template:Dts [note 10]
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 26 File:No image.png Harry Moniba
(1937–2004)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts
(Deposed)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Ayd National Democratic Party 1985 style="background:Template:Party color;" | Doe
Vacancy due to First Liberian Civil War Template:Dts Template:Dts [note 11]
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 27 File:No image.png Enoch Dogolea
(1951–2000)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] Template:Ayd National Patriotic Party 1997 rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color;" | Taylor
Vacancy by death Template:Dts Template:Dts
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 28 File:Moses Blah (cropped).jpeg Moses Blah
(1947–2013)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd National Patriotic Party
Vacancy by ascension Template:Dts Template:Dts style="background:Template:Party color;" | Blah
Vacancy due to Accra Peace Agreement Template:Dts Template:Dts [note 12]
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 29 File:Joseph Boakai (cropped).png Joseph Boakai
(born 1944)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Unity Party 2005 rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | Sirleaf
2011
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 30 File:Jewel Taylor (9061) (cropped).jpg Jewel Taylor
(born 1963)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Age in years years National Patriotic Party 2017 style="background:Template:Party color;" | Weah
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 31 File:Vice President Koung (cropped).jpg Jeremiah Koung
(born 1978)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Dts Incumbent Template:Ayd Unity Party 2023 style="background:Template:Party color;" | Boakai

Timeline

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See also

Notes

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  1. ↑ President Roye was forcibly removed from office on October 26, 1871. Vice President Smith was sworn in and served the remaining two months of Roye's presidency with no vice president.
  2. ↑ On 1 January 1878, six days prior to the inauguration of Anthony Gardiner as president, the House of Representatives impeached and suspended President Payne from office. Vice President Harmon served as acting president for the final six days of the administration.[1]
  3. ↑ President Gardiner resigned from office after falling seriously ill. Vice President Russell served as president for the remaining year of Gardiner's term with no vice president.
  4. ↑ President Cheeseman died in office. Vice President Coleman served as president for the remainder of Cheeseman's term with no vice president, and then was elected president in his own right in 1897 with Joseph J. Ross as his vice president.
  5. ↑ Vice President Ross died in 1900, leaving President Coleman without a vice president. On December 11, 1900, Coleman resigned, and Secretary of State Gibson served as president for the remainder of Coleman's term without a vice president, before being elected in his own right in 1901 with Joseph D. Summerville as his vice president.
  6. ↑ Vice President Summerville died in July 27, 1905 following his and President Gibson's reelection but prior to their inauguration. As no mechanism existed for replacing a vice president, which would have left Gibson without a vice president for his entire term, a constitutional amendment was ratified that year allowing for the president to call a special election in the absence of a vice president to fill the vacancy. J. J. Dossen won the special election in 1905 and was inaugurated along with Gibson in 1906.
  7. ↑ Both President King and Vice President Yancy resigned on December 3, 1930. Secretary of State Barclay was inaugurated as president, and Vice President James Skivring Smith Jr. was elected in a special election soon after.
  8. ↑ President Tubman died following his and Tolbert's reelection in 1971, but prior to his inauguration. Tolbert served the remainder of Tubman's sixth term before being inaugurated for Tubman's elected seventh term.
  9. ↑ Warner was ousted along with the rest of the government by the Armed Forces of Liberia.
  10. ↑ During 1980–1981 Thomas Weh Syen was Doe's second-in-command in the military administration. Weh Syen was in charge on vice-presidential duties.[2] After Weh Syen was executed on Doe's orders, he was replaced as Vice Head of State by Nicholas Podier.[3]
  11. ↑ Roland Diggs served as Vice President in the administration of Amos Sawyer from August 1990 to April 1991.[4] He was succeeded in April 1991 by Peter Naigow,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". who also resigned. There were many Deputy Chairmen of the Council of State of Liberia during 1994–1997, including Dexter Bah Tahyor, Isaac Musa, Charles Taylor, G. V. Kromah, George Boley, Oscar Jaryee Quiah and Tamba Tailor.[5]
  12. ↑ During this time, the National Transitional Government of Liberia was in charge of government duties. Vice-Chairman Wesley Momo Johnson assumed the duties and powers of the office of vice-president during part of this period.

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References

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  3. ↑ "Weh-Syen Weeps?" The Monrovia Express 1981-08-12: 1/8.
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